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A36 world
guardian.co.tt Thursday, May 4, 2017
Trial to go
ahead in
Mecca crane
crash case
An appeals court
in Saudi Arabia has
ordered a trial to go
ahead in a case that
was opened a few
months ago to pros-
ecute those responsi-
ble for the 2015 dead-
ly crane crash in the
holy city of Mecca.
According to Okaz
and Saudi Gazette
newspapers, the ap-
peals judges yesterday
overturned an earlier
decision by the Mecca
Criminal Court that it
had no jurisdiction over
allegations of "safety
breaches."
In late January, the
court had decided to
drop the case, saying it
had no jurisdiction to
rule on the matter.
About a dozen de-
fendants had gone on
trial over accusations
of negligence.
The construction
giant Saudi Binladin
Group was penalised
over the deadly inci-
dent. The group was
founded decades ago
by the father of terrorist
group al-Qaeda leader
Osama bin Laden, who
was allegedly killed by
US commandos in Pa-
kistan in 2011.
On September 11,
2015, a huge construc-
tion crane collapsed
into Mecca's Grand
Mosque, killing more
than 100 pilgrims and
injuring over 200 oth-
ers in the lead-up to the
annual Hajj pilgrimage.
The figures released
by Iran's Hajj and Pil-
grimage Organization
showed that 11 Iranian
pilgrims were among
the victims while an-
other 32 Iranians were
wounded in the crane
crash.
About two weeks
after the crane crash, a
fatal human crush oc-
curred during Hajj ritu-
als in Mina, near Mecca.
Unofficial sources put
the death toll at almost
7,000 people. Iran said
about 465 of its nation-
als lost their lives in the
incident.
Days into the crush,
Riyadh gave a death toll
of 770, and has so far
obstinately refrained
from updating that
figure despite the fact
that figures produced
by independent sourc-
es strongly contradict
Saudi Arabia's estimate.
Dominican Republic adds border
troops ahead of UN Haiti exit
SANTO DOMIN-
GO---The Dominican
Republic is sending
1,000 more soldiers to
its border with Haiti to
prepare for any fallout
from the withdrawal
of UN peacekeeping
troops from its neigh-
bour.
Armed Forces Minister
Ruben Paulino says the
new troops will join 1,500
soldiers regularly stationed
along the border. He made
the announcement Tues-
day.
Paulino says the troops
are intended to protect
against any increase in
the smuggling of drugs
or weapons as well as a
potential rise in illegal
immigration in the event
of increased instability
following the scheduled
pullout of nearly 2,400
UN troops from Haiti in
October.
The countries share a
215-mile border on the
island of Hispaniola.
The UN force has been
in Haiti since the ouster of
President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide in 2004. (AP)